Chapter 121


    Alessia’s POV


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    Xavier turns around toote for him to react as Jude pierces the de into his chest.


    I howl, leaping towards them, my mind intent on murder and I watch Jude push the de deeper,


    causing Xavier to let out a growlced with pain.


    Jude doesn’t see meing, too focused on draining the life out of Xavier to notice the huge brown


    wolf charging toward him.


    I grab hold of the hand holding the knife, locking it between-my jaws and ripping it right out of his


    shoulder, leaving a protruding bone behind. Jude’s screams fill the battleground as I spit out his


    decapitated limb onto the ground.


    Ignoring Jude as he cries out and clutches the ce where his appendage was once present, I shift to


    my human form and rush over to Xavier’s side.


    O


    His wolf is slumped on the ground, not a sounding from him. My heart ms frantically against my


    chest, trying to escape from its confine.


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    Falling to my knees beside Caden’s wolf, I hold my breath as my gaze flies over his body, looking for a


    sign that my greatest nightmare hasn’t be a reality.


    My whole world is about to crumble before me when…he moves! Then he groans.


    The breath that I’m holding rushes out of me in pants. “Caden,” I rush out, cing a hand on his fur.


    “I’m going to get you out of here and get you help.”


    I don’t know how I n on lifting a full-blown wolf without any assistance, but I’d much rather die than


    leave Caden unattended to. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that the de still lunged in his chest


    wasced with the same venom that killed Jake and my Dad. He needs immediate attention right this f


    u ck i n g moment.


    Looking around at the chaos still ongoing, I try to pick out a familiar figure. Anyone at all will be


    appreciated. I just need a helping hand to get Caden out of this battlefield.


    Thankfully, I don’t need to search for long. Alex is rushing over to our side, pushing through the bodies


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    kneeling once he gets to us.


    His gaze moves over Xavier’s body like I did earlier. “Is he-”


    “He’s alive,” I bite out, not wanting to hear the words spoken out just in case they be willed into


    existence.


    Alex’s eyes slide shut, relief washing over his whole facade.


    “He needs to see the pack doctor,” I rush out. There will be time for us to rejoice but right now, he


    needs to get


    out of this war zone.


    Alex’s eyes ze over, the same look Caden has when he’s mind-linking someone from the pack.


    My suspicion bes proven when Rapheal rushes over with some warriors from the pack.


    “We need to get him out of here,” Alex orders, lifting from the ground.


    The warriors hunch down, sliding their hands beneath Caden’s wolf and lifting him off the ground. Their


    faces are strained from his weight but they start moving.


    “Come with us,” Raphael says, cing a hand on my good shoulder. “He’s going to need you by his


    side.” His


    eyes fall to my wounded shoulder and he grimaces. “You also need to get that checked.”


    Leaving Caden alone was out of the question. I doubt the Moon goddess herself could have taken me


    away from


    this side.


    Alex walks at the front, fighting off anyone that tries toe our way and Raphael stays at the back,


    doing the


    same as Alex.


    watch as the warriors carry Xavier’s motionless body in their arms and I can’t help but feel like I should


    have


    done something to prevent this from happening. I mean, it happened right in my f u c ki n g face and I


    wasn’t able to do anything to stop it. It’s a thought that will forever eat at me.


    We get to the pack house and Alex holds the door open for us to pass through. Xavier is taken to our


    room andid out on the bed which he dwarfs with his frame. It’s a miracle that the bed doesn’t give out


    from under him.


    stand by his side, running my fingers through his fur and watching his chest move unevenly. That


    movement is the only thing that keeps me standing.


    I flinch when I feel something draped over my shoulders, so immersed in watching Xavier’s chest rise


    and fall that I didn’t notice the footsteps inching my way. Pulling the nket closer to my body, I shoot


    Alex a thankful smile. He gives me a soft one in return and then his eyes fall to the bed, effectively


    wiping away the remains of his smile. “He’s going to be ok,” he states firmly and I think more to himself


    than me. The door opens and the pack doctor enters, s k i p pi n g through the pleasantries and


    heading straight for Xavier. His gazends on the de in Xavier’s chest and he frowns. “He needs to


    shift. I can’t observe the extent of his injury in his wolf form.” He eyes the de. “I need to pull it out.”


    My stomach twists. I can’t even imagine the pain it’s going to cause him. “You should step out for this.


    You don’t have to see it,” Alex says, giving me a sympathetic smile.


    I square my shoulders and level him with a re. “I’m not going anywhere,” I promised myself that I


    was going to


    be by Caden’s side through it all and I wasn’t about to back down.


    S


    He nods and then sighs, epting defeat. He signals to Raphael who has been watching this whole


    encounter from his position by the wall.


    Raphael moves closer to us and the two of them re Caden’s sides, each holding down a forelimb.


    Alex nods at the pack doctor and he steps closer.


    I swallow the barf rising up my throat and watch as the pack doctor pulls out the knife in one go.


    Xavier rears up and growls, his eyes midnight ck and his body bucking under the weight holding him


    down. Even in his wolf form, the crippling pain on his face is clear as day.


    “You need to shift, Caden,” Alex states firmly. “Shift!”


    Xavier’s body trembles under their hold, trashing around as he tries to get them off him. He doesn’t


    shift and the


    wound in his chest oozes blood now that the de wasn’t lunged in it anymore. Blood that he couldn’t


    afford to


    lose.


    I finally move from my spot, my feet feel heavy as I stop at the very edge of the bed.


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    “Xavier,” I whisper, and Xavier stills. “You have to shift. Caden needs to be treated,” I beg, reaching out


    a trembling hand and cing it on his fur. “Please.”


    Bones start shifting and screams echo through the room as Xavier’s furry body changes to Caden’s


    naked form.


    A gasp


    falls out of my lips as I see the wound on his chest. The blood is now ck and the wound a very dark


    purple. It doesn’t look to be healing at all.


    The pack doctor sighs and my heart shatters. “It’s just as I expected. The wound is too severe for it to


    heal on its


    own.” A pause where everyone waits with bated breath. “He needs the antidote else he dies.”